According to New York Amsterdam News, Sanaa Amenhotep was memorialized in Blythewood, S.C. this past Monday at Dokos Meadow Park. Another service took place on Wednesday in Newark at Weequahic High School stadium.
Sister2Sister reported that on April 29, Sanaa, daughter of a New Jersey anti-violence activist, Sharif Amenhotep, was found dead after being missing for several weeks in South Carolina.
Sanaa was the first-born daughter to Sharif of the Newark Anti-Violence Coalition and the New Black Panther Party.
The teenager was abducted on April 5 after leaving her home in Columbia, S.C., and was with her peers before being abducted. She was then found dead on April 28 in a wooded area in nearby Leesville, S.C. Police report that she was shot 11 times.
Graham-Fleming, Sanaa’s mother, said what she wants now is justice for her daughter.
“She was defenseless,” Graham-Fleming said. “There’s really no stars to get for what you did because this was a defenseless person.”
The charges being pressed include murder, kidnapping, criminal conspiracy, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said, “This is a complex and multilayered investigation. Over the past few days, we talked a lot with the two minors as we were searching for Nelson. Based on information from those interviews, detectives determined there was probable cause to arrest the teens. Nelson was arrested in this case as soon as we found him Friday evening.”
Along with the rest of the family, Sanna’s father is devastated by the teen’s tragic death.
“Sharif is very upset, devastated, and broken,” said LaKeesha Eure, who is the family’s spokesperson said. “He is surrounded by family and friends from several states.”
Sanaa’s family will not rest until justice is served.
